Easy Amazing Overnight Easter Ham Recipes

EASY OVERNIGHT EASTER HAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Unwrap the ham and trim off thicker parts of external fat.
• Score the top side of the ham in a criss-cross, with scores about 1.5 inches apart.
• If using a spiral-cut ham, skip the scoring part.
• Put the ham in a large roasting tray.
• Make the glaze:
• Whisk the remaining ingredients together and pour over the ham.
• Rub it on evenly.
• Bake the ham, uncovered, at 350 for 40 minutes.
• Turn heat down to 170 degrees.
• If your oven does not go that low, set to 200.
• Spoon some of the glaze that has fallen into the pan over top the ham.
• Cook overnight.
• Baste the ham first thing in the morning.
• Turn the temperature back up to 350 degrees for 30 min to caramelize the glaze.
• Set the oven to "Warm" and keep it in the oven for the rest of the day, basting every hour or so, until it's time to serve.

BAKED EASTER HAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Wrap ham completely with parchment-lined foil and place on a rimmed baking sheet or roasting pan. Transfer ham to oven and bake 1 1/2 hours.
• Unwrap ham; discard parchment and foil. With a large, sharp knife score fat in a diamond pattern, making the lines about 3/4 inch apart. Transfer ham to a large roasting pan.
• Reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees. In a small bowl, mix together brown sugar and Cognac. Brush ham evenly with 3/4 of the brown sugar mixture and return to oven; cook ham 1 hour. Brush ham with remaining brown sugar mixture and continue cooking 30 minutes more. Transfer to a serving platter until ready to carve; garnish with watercress and parsley.

EASTER HAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, marmalade and mustard; set aside. Score the surface of the ham, making diamond shapes 1/2 in. deep; insert a whole clove in the center of each diamond. , Place ham cut side down on a rack in a shallow roasting pan. Bake, uncovered, until a thermometer reads 140°, about 2 hours., Brush ham with glaze. Bake 45 minutes longer, brushing with glaze every 15 minutes. Serve remaining glaze with sliced ham.